Shiina Hiyori Arrives. Tachibana Marika's Provocation.

Horikita carefully savored the food between her chopsticks, took a sip of the miso soup from her thermos, and said without raising her head, "I don't need friends. Akasaka alone is enough for me."

Seeing this, Ichinose said nothing more. She knew this girl's mouth was a little...

The four women's way of getting along seemed rather harmonious.

If Akasaka woke up now, his jaw would definitely drop.

He had been terrified that his wives would start fighting.

Yet unexpectedly, they were actually getting along quite well. It was truly rather strange...

Sakayanagi was petite and had a small appetite, so she quickly finished eating. She put down her chopsticks, got up, and returned to Akasaka's side, sitting in a chair beside him and quietly watching.

Like a princess guarding her Prince Charming, hoping he would wake up soon.

Unfortunately, Akasaka, who was lying in bed with nutrients being administered through an IV, would not be waking up anytime soon. However, because the game world had been slowed by nearly two hundred times, nearly three months had passed in the game world while only a little over one month had passed outside—not even two months.

Before long, Sakayanagi would surely see Akasaka wake up.

At their current rate of clearing one floor every three days on average, they had already reached the fifty-fifth floor, with forty-five floors remaining.

Forty-five floors times three.

That was one hundred and thirty-five days.

Adding in miscellaneous special circumstances or difficult special bosses, even allowing extra time, they could probably get out in about half a year.

That speed was already extremely fast.

After all, in the original story, it took Kirito two and a half years—nearly three years—to get out.

And with time slowed down, half a year divided by two hundred...

There was